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- 1281: Medieval Castles
- ... forts as defensive positions. For the next few centuries this castle building was confined to the Byzantine Empire, but later hordes of Islamic warriors who swept out of Arabia to conquer the Middle East, North Africa, and much Byzantine territory also started building such forts. Western Europe, in the depths of the Dark Ages from the 5th through the 9th century, had no such works. But late in the 9th century ...
- 1282: The Igbo
- ... religion. Igbo language is said to be one of the most difficult languages to learn mainly because it is not spoken anywhere else in the world. It is, however, one of the richest languages in Africa- from the Owerri-Ngwa-Umuahia variation, the Onitsha-Awka, Enugu-Abakaliki, Orlu-Okigwe to the Opobo-Ikwere variations. Igbo people are as diverse as these dialects but share a common tradition of independence and dynamism ...
- 1283: Concentration Camps
- ... of the 19th century. The Spaniards used them in Cuba during the Spanish-American War (1898), and the British established them for thousands of women and children during the Boer War (1899-1902) in South Africa. In the West camps have been created several times during periods of war and national emergency. In France the government committed Spanish Republican refugees to reception centers in 1938 and added Jewish and other anti ...
- 1284: Sankofa: A Movie Review
- ... the white man believed was forced on them, but what had they believed in before they were taken from their homeland? Were they monotheistic? This question probably has multiple answers, depending upon what part of Africa the slaves came from. Religion in this film, like skin color, played a part in the division of the Africans. The Africans that did not accept the white mans' religion were looked down upon by ...
- 1285: Race and Othello
- ... to by his name only seventeen times in the play. He is referred to as The Moor fifty-eight times. Websters Dictionary states that a Moor is Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion. This indicates that Othello is constantly being degraded and set up as an evil person throughout the play. What this really means is that Othello is being ...
- 1286: Death of a Salesman : A Social Criticism
- ... product (or himself)? Willy's brother Ben appears often throughout the play to remind Willy of his missed opportunities. Ben is the successful brother who takes his fate in his own hands and goes to Africa to mine diamonds. He invites Willy to come along on several occasions, but there is a different reason holding him back each time. Ben does not feel much sympathy for Willy, saying their father "made ...
- 1287: Tragedy and the Common Man
- ... he was doing what was expected of him. One example of his incessant need to be successful as a salesman is, that he misses many opportunities which life affords him. He could have gone to Africa and become a rich man, but he stayed in New York simply because he is a salesman. This merely another example of his identity being associated with his vocation. Be well liked he often tells ...
- 1288: The Nature of Art
- ... artistic centres. Rome would inherit their legacy. Ancient Rome was both a city founded on seven hills surrounding the Tiber River and an empire stretching at its height from northern Britain across Europe and North Africa to the Tigris River which is now Iraq. The Romans traced their mythical ancestry to the Trojan hero, Aeneas, whose descendants, Romulus and Remus, founded the city of Rome in the eighth century BC, known ...
- 1289: Immigraton Laws
- ... in a year could not exceed 3 percent of the number of foreign-born residents of that nationality living in the U.S. in 1910. The law applied to nations of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Asian Russia, and certain islands in the Atlantic and Pacific. In 1924, the basic immigration quotas were changed; the new law provided for annual immigration quotas for all countries from which immigranta ...
- 1290: The Goals and Failures of the First and Second Reconstructions
- ... B. Du Bois wrote in 1905 were Blacks a "Seventh Son." But equally important the Black Power Movement tried to provide economic answers to urban Blacks with answers such as: racial separatism, moving back to Africa, taking over the government, and taking "what was theirs" from whites. Although these solutions ultimately proved unworkable for solving economic problems, they tried, while the Civil Rights movement did not attempt solutions. The failure of ...
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